[Hiring] Cloud Security Engineer @ECS Tech Inc

Role Description

Everforth ECS is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to work in our Washington, DC office / remote. The role is contingent upon additional funding.

We are seeking a technically skilled and security-focused Cloud Security Engineer to join our security operations division — a full-spectrum cybersecurity organization covering endpoint protection, event monitoring, threat intelligence, and advanced incident response. This is a hands-on engineering role, not an architecture or design position. You will be in the environment every day, operating and improving the security controls that protect the organization's cloud and web-based assets while maintaining and hardening the Linux server infrastructure that supports them.

Your work spans two equally important disciplines:

• Cloud and Web Security:
  • Plan, implement, and monitor security measures across enterprise cloud platforms.
  • Analyze cloud services and APIs for risk.
  • Develop detection and response procedures to keep environments safe.
• Linux Server:
  • Ensure server infrastructure is securely configured, actively monitored, and thoroughly documented.

This role is a strong fit for someone who is equally at home in a cloud console and a Linux terminal and who brings a security operations mindset to both.

Salary Range: $120,000 - $130,000

Qualifications

• Proven experience planning, implementing, and monitoring security measures for enterprise assets hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Ability to analyze cloud services, APIs, and log payloads to ensure they meet industry security standards and organizational requirements.
• Experience developing and maintaining standard operating procedures for cloud-based security event handling.
• Familiarity with cloud-native security tooling including Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), and cloud workload protection platforms.
• Experience with cloud architectures including SaaS and PaaS, and common commercial platforms such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and AWS.
• Understanding of web application security concepts including OWASP vulnerabilities, API security, and web application firewall (WAF) management.
• Experience with cloud IAM frameworks, role-based access control, and Zero Trust Architecture as applied to cloud environments.
• Ability to create custom detection mechanisms that correlate log sources across cloud environments to surface potential intrusions.
• Strong hands-on experience administering and hardening Linux server environments in an enterprise setting.
• Proficiency with Linux security tooling, system logging frameworks, and monitoring utilities.
• Experience reviewing system and application logs, identifying anomalies, and taking appropriate corrective action.
• Ability to create and maintain thorough documentation for Linux-based systems, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting procedures.
• Experience supporting security continuous monitoring efforts including vulnerability management, system patching, and risk assessments within Linux environments.
• Working knowledge of network protocols, firewall management, and secure server configuration in Linux-based infrastructure.
• Ability to identify capability gaps and recommend improvements at both the technical and process level.
• Experience contributing to the development of detection standards, security procedures, and operational documentation.
• Ability to collaborate across teams including cybersecurity, networking, systems administration, and technology support partners.
• Comfortable communicating technical findings and risk clearly to both technical peers and senior leadership.
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in information technology or cybersecurity is required, with at least 3+ years of direct, hands-on experience implementing or supporting cloud-based security.
• Candidates with demonstrated experience across both cloud security operations and Linux server administration in an enterprise environment will be strongly preferred.

Benefits

• General Description of Benefits